The Skonto Gazette
Squad8 Mar 2027
Alvis Jaunzems signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alvis Jaunzems and Skonto agree another 4 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Skonto
Matteo Carbone and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Mathis Dando gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Mathis Dando has just signed for Skonto, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Skonto
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market8 Mar 2027
Alvis Savalnieks steps up from the Skonto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alvis Savalnieks has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market8 Mar 2027
Skonto promote Eduards Jagodinskis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eduards Jagodinskis has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Mar 2027
Kaspars Bulvitis steps up from the Skonto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kaspars Bulvitis has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market8 Mar 2027
Skonto promote Pavels Fertovs from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pavels Fertovs has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Skonto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ben Drake was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout Krišs Kārkliņš has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Emmanuel Nnaji knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Marcis Rugins gets it from the manager